Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Findings For Bovine Trichomoniasis Vaccine May Be Applicable To Humans

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 24th, 2001

by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Both systemic and local immunization of cows with an antigen to bovine trichomoniasis protected them from trichomonads and be useful against other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in humans, say researchers working in California.

"Principles for immune protection of the female genital tract derived from studies of bovine trichomoniasis may be generally applicable to human trichomoniasis and other sexually transmitted diseases," proposed L.B. Corbeil and associates, who pointed out that experimental and commercially available vaccines for bovine trichomoniasis have been well studied.

They developed a...

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